Indoor Activity on a HOT Day!

[Griff]

I made a start on the 200 rounds of Black Powder 12 ga I need for a 3 day match in late September. I also started in on cleaning brass from several recent monthly matches. I decapped a bunch of 45Colt, 45ACP & C45S and .44WCF. The 45Colt and C45S were a mixture of smokeless and BP. There 45ACP & 44WCF were only loaded with smokeless. Some of the BP pictured

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I ran the tumbler for 3 hours, rinsed out the dirty water, separated the pins from the brass and put it on cookie sheets in the oven for an hour @ 170º... Dry, clean, shiney brass:

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After cleaning, it's hard to distinguish which were BP and which were smokeless. The BP had sat in one of my range bags for about 6 weeks between firing and cleaning. Insides are not quite "new" shiney, but far cleaner and a fairly high sheen. I use the SS pins and a few squirts of Dawn dishwashing fluid.

[Pitchy]

Cool Griff, yep if i go outside it`s from the house to the shop where it stays cool.

[Paladin]

Thanks for the info I haven't loaded BP and thought about it.